U.S. troops entrain at the New York port of embarkation, United States for transportation to the European Theater during World War II. View of cars, a factory, buildings, a river and waving people as seen from a train window, including some in a building with signs, "Electro Dynamic Works Electric Motors, Elco Works Cruisers, Electric Boat Company.:" The citizens and war production workers are waving to the troops on board the railroad train, who are bound for service in World War 2. Factory workers wave from windows to wish the troops well. A suburban rail road station platform. Children near tracks wave to the passing train of troops, including children on steps of East 33rd Street rail station in Bayonne, New Jersey.
British aircraft land aboard an aircraft carrier on the west coast of Canada during World War II. The British flag flutters on an aircraft carrier (which the U.S. furnished to the British Navy under the Lend-Lease Act). A British officer (or Canadian Navy officer) looks through binoculars. British aircraft in flight. A man operates a blinker to direct the aircraft. The aircraft carrier underway at sea. A signal officer signals for landing. An aircraft lands on the flight deck of the carrier. The aircraft wings are folded.
U.S. Merchant Marine amphibious vehicles during the invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Equipment roll out of a landing barge. An amphibious DUKW rolls up on a beach. British hospital ship Prague (#61) underway. Men and supplies on the Normandy beach. Allied infantry climb up. The beach in the background. An LCT (Landing Craft Tank) disgorge supplies. A tank is driven away. Soldiers unload supplies. A wind indicator on a masthead. A cargo ship underway in a harbor. Cargo ships at a dock.
A U.S. Merchant Marine convoy in the European Theater during World War II. A Liberty ship or cargo ship. The convoy underway at sea. Escorting warships at sea. An officer looks out of a bridge port hole. A submarine surfaces. A sailor peers through glasses. Guns are fired. Officers on the bridge. An oil slick in the sea. A graph shows a decline in merchant ships with time. The convoy in a harbor. Anchors are dropped. Supplies are loaded. An officer looks on. Bombs being loaded. A supply depot. A ship under construction.
Role of Air Service Command in repairing and salvaging damaged airplanes and equipment in the European Theater during World War II. An aircraft taxis on a grassy field. Natives in the foreground. Crates are carried by the natives. Chinese people construct an airfield. They carry buckets hanging on both sides of a pole. They use hand tools to break rocks. An aircraft taxis. The aircraft is hoisted by a crane. The aircraft takes off. Air service center personnel repair damaged aircraft. Ruins of damaged aircraft. Two men work at an equipment. Aircraft take off.
Manufacture and storing of butter at Swift's Brookfield Creamery in Marion, Indiana. Men remove butter from a churn. The churn revolves. Machines are used to cut butter into 1 pound ( lb ) blocks. Girls wrap the butter. The girls stack the butter in piles. A butter storage room- storing of an 800 lb block.
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